It shall be unlawful to construct, reconstruct or
repair any sidewalk within the city until the plans first have been approved by
the city building inspector and a permit issued for such work by the city
clerk.A condition to all sidewalk
construction in excess of 10 feet will be inspected prior to pouring the
concrete by the city building inspector to assure compliance with
specifications.

Hereafter all sidewalks constructed or reconstructed
in the city shall be constructed on the established grade.When the governing body shall order a
sidewalk constructed as hereafter provided, the city shall pay the cost of
bringing the street to grade for the sidewalk. Where no grade has been
established, the owner of abutting property may construct a sidewalk on the
natural grade.If the grade has been
established, the city clerk shall furnish the property owner with the official
grade by reference to a stated distance above or below the street grade.

Hereafter all sidewalks shall be of single- course
construction and shall be constructed and laid in accordance with standard
plans and specifications hereby adopted by reference and filed in the office of
the city clerk as provided by K.S.A. 12-1802.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct,
reconstruct or repair any sidewalk except as provided by this article.

When a petition signed by no fewer than 10 citizens
owning real estate in the city requesting construction of a sidewalk is filed
with the city clerk, the governing body may in its discretion, by a resolution,
order such sidewalk constructed as herein provided.

When any sidewalk, in the opinion of the governing
body, become inadequate or unsafe for travel thereon, the governing body may
adopt a resolution condemning such walk and providing for the construction of a
new walk in the place of the walk condemned.

The resolution providing for the construction or
reconstruction of a sidewalk, as the case may be, shall give the owner of the
abutting property not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after its
publication one time in the official city paper in which to construct or cause
to be constructed or reconstructed the sidewalk at his or her own expense.If the sidewalk is not constructed by the
property owner within the time specified, the governing body shall cause the
work to be done by contract.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit
the owner of property abutting on a street, who desires to construct or
reconstruct a sidewalk at his or her own expense and in accordance with
official plans and specifications for the purpose and which meet such other
requirements as would have to be met if the sidewalk were constructed or
reconstructed by the city, to construct or reconstruct a sidewalk without any
petition or a condemning resolution by the governing body.If such property owner desires the sidewalk
to be constructed and reconstructed by the city and an assessment levied as
provided by law in other cases, he or she shall file a request with the
governing body.The governing body, in
its discretion, may provide for the construction or reconstruction of the
sidewalk requested in the same manner as in other cases where citizens or
taxpayers petition the governing body.

It shall be the duty of the owner of the abutting
property to keep the sidewalk in repair, but the city may, after giving five
days’ notice to the owner or his or her agent, if known, of the necessity for
making repairs or without notice if the lot or piece of land is unoccupied,
make all necessary repairs at any time.The same shall be done and the cost thereof assessed against the lot or
piece of land abutting on the sidewalk so repaired as may be provided by law.

In any case where the reconstruction or
construction of a sidewalk is required to be done by contract as provided in
section 13-106 hereof, the governing body may require the contractor to give a
bond for the faithful performance of the contract and for the construction of
the sidewalk in accordance with the plans and specifications, ordinances of the
city or laws of Kansas, and for all contracts exceeding $1,000 entered into by
the city for any such purpose a statutory lien bond required by K.S.A. 60-1111
shall be furnished.

It shall be unlawful for any person to build or
construct any step or other obstruction, whether temporary or permanent, or to
store, leave or allow to be left any implements, tools, merchandise, goods,
containers, benches, display or show cases, on any sidewalks or other public
ways in the city or to obstruct the same longer than is necessary for loading
or unloading any such article or object.

The governing body may authorize the granting of
temporary permits in connection with a building or moving permit for limited
times only to the owner of property abutting on any sidewalk to use or encumber
such sidewalk or public way of the city during the construction of any building
or improvement thereon.No permit shall
be issued for such purpose until plans for warning and safeguarding the public
during such use of sidewalks shall have been submitted by the owner or his or
her contractor and approved by the governing body.